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China entrepreneur claims US$42 million from ex who retaliates, claims he has fathered 300 kids

High-profile legal dispute between pair who met on matchmaking website sees allegations of “misogyny’ and ‘polygamy’ resurface

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A wealthy Chinese tycoon is in the news for claiming US$42 million from his ex-girlfriend, who then claimed he has fathered more than 300 children. Photo: Shutterstock/Sohu

Yating Yangin Beijing

Published: 9:00am, 27 Nov 2025

Chinese gaming businessman Xu Bo has hit the headlines after he tried to claim 300 million yuan (US$42 million) from his former partner, who then said that he had fathered more than 300 children.

Born in 1977, Xu is a well-known figure in China’s gaming industry.

Despite dropping out of secondary school, he went on to create the massive hit Fantasy Westward Journey and founded Duoyi Network in 2006.

The company once achieved annual revenues of almost 2 billion yuan, with net profits exceeding a billion yuan (US$140 million) in 2017.

Xu met his former partner, Tang Jing, on a matchmaking website in 2009. At the time, Tang claimed to be a student.

Xu Bo’s former partner, Tang Jing, above, claims he has fathered at least 300 children. Photo: Baidu

Xu Bo’s former partner, Tang Jing, above, claims he has fathered at least 300 children. Photo: Baidu

The two lived together for 14 years but were never legally married.

They are disputing 300 million yuan which Xu claims Tang still owes him.

He alleges that between 2012 and 2018, he transferred 819 million yuan (US$115 million) to Tang.

She has returned 515 million yuan (US$72 million) but Xu claims 300 million yuan remains unpaid, prompting him to file a lawsuit in 2024.

However, on November 15, Tang took to social media and said that she and Xu had originally planned to build a large family together and that the substantial funds she received were mainly used to support this “big family of 300 children”.

“Over the past decade or so, the expenses required to maintain and care for this large family of 300 children have been enormous. The vast majority of the money I received went towards our daily living costs during that time,” she wrote.

She also claimed that the 300 children do not have household registration, or hukou in Chinese.

Xu, above, created the massive gaming hit Fantasy Westward Journey and founded Duoyi Network in 2006. Photo: Baidu

Xu, above, created the massive gaming hit Fantasy Westward Journey and founded Duoyi Network in 2006. Photo: Baidu

In response to netizens asking if the “300 children” was a typo, she replied: “No. If anything, the number might be under-reported, but it is definitely not exaggerated.”

She also said that in a trial, the court ruled in her favour and rejected Xu’s demand for 300 million yuan.

Tang also said that she is currently raising 11 children she had with Xu on her own and is in a legal battle for custody of their two daughters.

On November 16, Duoyi Network issued a statement saying that “the user” had been spreading false information online and urged the platform to take immediate action.

Xu has long been a controversial figure and has faced criticism for promoting misogynistic and polygamous rhetoric.

He once publicly recruited girlfriends on social media, explicitly stating his goal of “having at least 50 high-quality sons”.

He listed detailed partner selection criteria and even changed his online username to “Having More Children Solves Everything”.

Xu later claimed his net worth was 28 billion yuan (US$4 billion) and said he had already fathered 12 children with different women.

Courtroom battles between the pair have included arguments about the cost of bringing up children. Photo: Getty Images

Courtroom battles between the pair have included arguments about the cost of bringing up children. Photo: Getty Images

He repeatedly boasted that he was a “one-in-a-million elite male” and that he intended to raise all 50 sons to become societal elites, with at least 10 achieving top-tier success.

Xu has also drawn criticism as an employer.

For example, he required employees to give him “gratitude red envelopes” after one year of employment. Those who refused had to write self-criticisms.

He also encouraged workers to “voluntarily take a 10 per cent pay cut” and demanded they express gratitude for the opportunity.

Employees who resigned were required to reimburse the company cafeteria at a rate of 30 yuan (US$4) per meal.

The story has shocked and outraged China’s online community.

One person wrote: “Can anyone stop him? Just because he has wealth, does that mean he can raise children like livestock? Children are living beings, not bugs. Is he running some kind of human breeding experiment?”

divorce case that captivated mainland social media, Chinese business tycoon Zhao Bingxian, dubbed “China’s Warren Buffett”, was ordered to split his assets with his ex-wife Lu Juan.

The final court ruling granted her around 536 million yuan (US$75 million).

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A man in central China who lived a frugal life and sent all his money to his wife saw her squander it all, including tipping a male live-streamer 670,000 yuan (US$94,000).

The tearful husband told Henan TV he was trying to recover half of their common property.

The man, surname Liu, and his wife have been married for eight years and live in Xingyang, Henan province. He works in Zhengzhou, which is 25 km from Xingyang.

After deducting his basic living expenses and a rent of just 300 yuan (US$42) a month, the man sent almost all his income to his wife because he hoped to give her “a sense of security”.

His wife has not worked since they got married. She looks after their child at home.

Frugal Liu eventually discovered that the money he had deposited into his wife’s account had dwindled to next to zero. Photo: Handout

Frugal Liu eventually discovered that the money he had deposited into his wife’s account had dwindled to next to zero. Photo: Handout

Liu said that over the past few years he has given his wife a total of 1.16 million yuan (US$163,000), which was deposited in her bank account.

He said that not long ago, he told his wife he would like to check her bank account. She refused, making him curious.

The woman later confessed there was no money left in the account. Also, she borrowed 80,000 yuan (US$11,200) from a loan company.

She said she had spent up 1.16 million yuan. Apart from the 670,000 yuan that was given to a male live-streamer, the woman could not explain where the rest of the money went.

Liu’s wife said she had become obsessed with tipping a male live-streamer online. Photo: Handout

Liu’s wife said she had become obsessed with tipping a male live-streamer online. Photo: Handout

“I have been saving money on food and expenses and offered all my money to her. However, she gave the money to another man. I think she just could not stand loneliness,” Liu said in the report.

“In Zhengzhou, I live in a basic flat costing only 300 yuan, which does not even shelter me from rain or wind. But look at what environment you live in – a comfortable house with a heating system,” Liu told his wife.

“I trusted you so much but what you did is like stabbing me in the back,” he said, adding: “I do not love you any more.”

The wife admitted that she was so obsessed with the unidentified male live-streamer that she became concentrated only on giving him money.

Online chat records showed the woman once asked the live-streamer to call her “baby”.

The woman insisted that she never met him offline.

Liu said the family now has no savings and is in debt to the tune of 80,000 yuan borrowed by his wife from the loan company.

He plans to recover half of their common property before filing for divorce.

Broken-hearted Liu hopes to recover a large chunk of the money he gave before filing for a divorce. Photo: Handout

Broken-hearted Liu hopes to recover a large chunk of the money he gave before filing for a divorce. Photo: Handout

The live-streaming platform said it is investigating the case.

The news story, which has been viewed 31 million times on a leading social media platform, has ignited a firestorm on mainland social media.

“What a tragedy of man. He should divorce her as quickly as possible. She does not understand the hardship of making money,” one online observer said.

Another said: “What is the point of tipping live-streamers? Those fans are brainwashed.”

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